Chief of Hamas Political Bureau in Gaza Yahya Sinwar has defied Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz as he posed for the media, calling for Gantz to carry out his pledge to assassinate him. After t.
How social media platforms are silencing Palestinian voices
Facebook acknowledged it had inaccurately labelled certain words commonly used by Palestinians online as incitement to violence. A Palestinian woman at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem s Old City. | Ammar Awad / Reuters
As the Israel-Palestine ceasefire agreement holds, social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram (that is owned by Facebook), continue to come under fire over the censorship of pro-Palestinian content.
In times of conflict, any kind of censorship by major platforms can erase evidence of state-sanctioned violence, human rights abuses and potential war crimes against innocent civilians.
The Institute for Middle East Understanding highlights a post by @A7madAbuznaid on the extent of Instagram’s censorship. Photo credit: @theimeu/Instagram/Screenshot
Israel's collaboration with tech companies has turned social media from a tool of free political speech to a means of censoring and repressing Palestinians.
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has declared two Gaza-based exchange companies as terrorist organisations over their alleged assistance in transferring millions from Iran to Hamas, the Jer.